Thomas Maltese

Former Selectman

Thomas Anthony Maltese, a selectman and tax assessor in Middletown in the 1970s, died Friday in Middlesex Hospital in Middletown. He was 72.

A native of Marcus Hook, Pa., Mr. Maltese worked as a technician at the American Cyanimid Co. in Wallingford. He retired in 1972.

Mr. Maltese was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Middletown Elks Lodge No. 771, the Garibaldi Society and the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 681 of Middletown. He also had served as a justice of the peace.

He leaves his wife, Grace Gessaro Maltese; two daughters, Susan Marino and Marie Termine, both of Middletown; five brothers, Vincent Maltese of Wallingford; John Maltese, Corrado Maltese and Kenneth Maltese, all of Middletown; and Richard Maltese of Old Saybrook; three sisters, Antoinette Cronin and Patricia Byrne, both of Middletown, and Anne Adduci of Meriden.

The funeral will be Monday at 8:15 a.m. from the Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver St., Middletown, with a Mass at 9 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Middletown. Burial will be in St. Sebastian's Cemetery, Middlefield. Calling hours will be Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford 06492